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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BALLARD CRAIG, OF EUREKA, KANSAS.

' HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,332, dated June 21,1887.f'

Application filed October 12, 1886. Serial I N'o. 216.021. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

'Be it knownthat I, DAVID BALLARD CRAIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Eureka, in the county of Greenwood and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Staekers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersfskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part| of this specification, and in which Y Figure l is a perspective view of my improved stacker adjusted to the position it occupies when a stack is nearly finished, the carrier being shown inits lowered position in full lines and in its raised position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the set of pulleys attached to the bed-fra me.

Like' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.

My invention has relation tofhay-stackers;

and it consists in the improved construction' and combinations of parts constituting the 'same,as`will be hereinafter .fully set. forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bedirame, which rests upon the wagon, and is similar to the bed-frame of an ordinary hay-rack. Upon this are secured cross-piecesB for the support ofthe base-frame G of the stacker. The side railsof this fra-me are each composed of three strips placed on edge and bolted together, the middle strip, D, being shorter than the outside pieces, thus leaving spaces between said outside rails, in which are secured the lower ends of the hinges E, stays F, and the inner strips of the guides G. The siderails of the adjustable frame are con structed similar to those of the base-frame, spaces being left between the segments of the middle strip for the accommodation of the hinges, stays, and the inner strips of the guides. The hinges consist of simple strips of wood or iron, each pivoted by one end to the forward end of the base-frame and by the other to the same'end of the adjustable frame. The stays are pivoted by theirlower ends in the side rails of the baseframe, and by passing up i through the corresponding rails of the adj ust ableframe keep said frame from swaying sidea wise. Each of the two guides consists of two strips secured together upon a block, I, at their upper ends, and pivoted at their lower ends to the outside strip of each side rail of the baseframe, said outside strip being placed between the strips of the guide, and each outside strip of the adjustable frame being adapted to slide between the strips forming the respective guides.

The ad j usi able frame is provided with crosspieees .I upon its under side, on which rests t-he slat door K. At the upper end of said `door, and adapted to slide'under the same, is an extension, L, which is adjustable in ways AM, secured to the side rails of the adjustable frame. This extension is for the purpose ofA `glengthening the floor of said frame as the lat- ;ter is raised,vt hereby providing forH dropping Ithe hay onto the same portion of the stack at fwhatever degree said frame is elevated. i To raise the adjustable frame as the-stack increases, ropes are secured thereto at N, and pass, respectively, through pulleys secured at the upper ends ofthe guides. Theuce one of the ropes passes to a pulley, O, on the baseframe, across said frame and over a roller, P, to the'windlass Q. The other rope passes di rectly down from the top of the guide to said windlass.

At the frontend of the base-frame is hinged, toabar,R,spanning said end, ajointed groundapron, S, its two parts being hinged together, so that the outermost one may rest flat upon the ground to receive the hay brought to the stacker, the other part serving as an approach to the door of the adjustable fram'e.

The carrier consists of a curved rod, T, and a rope, U, attached to the ends ofthe rod and supported at the upper ends of wires V, securedto said curved rod. rIo the ends of said carrier are attached the hoisting-ropes W. These pass through pulleys X, attached to the guide-bar XV, upon whose ends are formed swivels Y, by means of which said bar slides upon the rods Z, secured by their ends to the inner faces of the side rails of the adjustable frame. From said pulleys the hoistingropes pass through pulleys A upon the 'outer ends of the adjustable frame,and back under said roo i frame through pulleys B', attached thereto, thence down through a set of pulleys, C', secured to the inner edge of the cross-piece D', which is bolted to the under side of the `back end of the bed-frame. This set of pulleys comprises four sheavesjournaled in pairs side by side, so that said hoisting-ropes may each have two sheaves, that both may be passed out to the horses at either side of the stacker, as the lay ofthe ground may require. (See Fig. 3.)

. In operating` the stacker the carrier is placed around the hay upon the ground'apron' and the team started. The carrier with its load slides along up the apron till its front ends strike the guide-bar;- then said bar moves with it till the summit of the adjustable frame is reached. Here the guide-bar aids in supporting the front end of the carrier, whilethe hay drops down onto the stack, the back end ot' said carrier resting on thc end of the door of' said frame. qWhen the carrier is freed of its load,it is hauled back to the ground-apron by the cord E', connected thereto.

In moving the stacker, the adjustable frame is lowered to rest upon the base-frame, and the 'apron folded and laid over onto the adjustable frame.

Having thus fully described my invention7 I elain1- 1. In a hay-stacker, the combination of an inclined frame, ways upon its upper end, an extension adapted to slide in said ways, a carA rier, and the hoisting-ropcs.

2. In a haystaeker, the combination of a baseframe, an adjustable frame, rods secured upon the side rails of said adjustable frame, a guidevbar, the ends of which. are adapted to move upon said rods, a carrier, and the hoistingropes.

3. In a hay-stacker, the combination of an adjustable frame, rods secured upon the side rails of said frame, aguide-bar having swivels at its ends and pulleys intermediate its ends, a carrier, and the hoistingropes.

4. The combination, with the base-frame and adjustable frame, whose side rails are each formed of three pieces bolted together side by side, the middle piece being in sections, of the single-strip hinges and stays, and the guides, each formed of two strips secured together upon a block at their upper ends, and pivoted at their lower ends to the outside pieces of the side rails of the base frame, the outside pieces of the side rails of the adjustable frame being adapted to slide between the strips forming said guides.

5. The carrier consisting of a curved rod, vertical wires secured to said rod, and a rope secured to the ends of said rod and to the npper ends of said wires.

(5. In the withiirdeseribed stacker, the combination of the adjustable frame, rods secured to the sides of the rail thereof, the sliding guide-bar, the earrier consisting of a curved rod,vertieal wires, and a rope connected to said rod and wires, and the hoisting-rope connected to the front ends of said carrier and passing through pulleys upon said guide-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID BALLARD CRAIG,

Witncsscs:

G. W. KIDD, S. A. MARTIN. 

